Telos The Link Intercom Telephone Interface Digital Hybrid for RTS Clearcom One [Used]

Telos 'The Link' Intercom to Telephone Interface Unit • Tested • Good Cosmetic Condition • With Power Supply

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Here's a used 'THE LINK' version of the well respected Telos One hybrid. It is used to interconnect between a POTS analog phone line and popular broadcast intercom systems such as those from Clearcom, RTS, Telex etc. I have tested it as far as I can with my normal hybrid test rig as I don't have access to an intercom system, and everything seems to work as it should with the unit behaving in line with other Telos One devices. I got good audio to and from a phone line etc and the auto answer/release functionality worked as expected. I will cheerfully take a return if it doesn't work successfully with your intercom system. I do not recommend using this as a non-intercom hybrid as I have the regular Telos One units listed separately which will work better in that situation at a lower cost. The photos show the actual item for sale - note that there are some barely visible characters engraved at the back of the top cover. Firmware version 1.6.

Description

Telos ONE models present superb digital telephone hybrid performance for broadcast, teleconferencing, and communications applications. Proven Telos processing technologies perform all hybrid functions, gain control, and filtering completely in the digital domain. The use of intelligent software, rather than complex hardware, makes the Telos ONE very affordable while ensuring consistently superior performance regardless of telephone line characteristics.

Full details may be found in the User Manual
(https://www.prostudioconnection.net/1704/Telos_Link_Manual.pdf)

Fast, precise automatic digital nulling allows smooth, natural, simultaneous conversation without the usual speakerphone up-cutting effect, voice distortion, and level matching problems often experienced with other hybrid-type interface devices.

The Telos ONE hybrid represents an exceptional value. Just look at these features:

• All processing is performed completely in the digital domain.

• An advanced digital auto-nulling hybrid with excellent send audio rejection. Trans-hybrid loss is typically greater than 40dB, so very pure caller audio appears at the output. The Telos ONE automatically adapts to each new call.

• An input gain processor with a smart, floating freeze-gain gate.

• A sophisticated output gain processor that provides level control and smart downward expansion. This section is cross-coupled to the input section so that telephone line noise and residual hybrid leakage are carefully and cleanly attenuated without low-level callers being gated off.

• A selectable override function to reduce the caller level about 8dB when input audio is present. This allows the talent's voice to have more presence when speaking at the same time as the caller.

• Digital Echo Elimination to allow significant gain-before-feedback when used with open monitor speakers.

• High- and low-pass filtering to clean up phone line noise and hum.